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Treatments remain unsatisfactory and nightmares are poorly understood, both biologically and phenomenologically; measurement methods are limited. The aims of the current analyses were to (1) characterize distressing dreams in trauma survivors, (2) examine the relationships of dream features to next-day symptoms and to suicidal ideation, and (3) validate sleep diary mobile app items for the measurement of clinically relevant dream characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Adult male and female veterans and nonveterans with a history of PTSD criterion trauma and at least 1 nightmare weekly were enrolled. Participants completed 3 weeks of sleep diary, including bedtime and morning surveys and weekly assessments. They also completed a Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)-5 PTSD assessment. 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Subjective dream duration, extent of postdream arousal, and subjective distress severity also independently predicted daytime symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Results underscore the importance of examining dream characteristics to understand nightmare effects and associations with suicidal ideation. 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